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Theresa Burt

@burt15theresa.bsky.social
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Professor of Animal Behaviour, Department of Biology, University of Oxford. St John’s College. Researches navigation, spatial cognition. Happiest outdoors.

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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new Oceana UK research shows
Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 That's why I’m joining Oceana UK in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters.
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Nearly…. 🐸
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Light pollution & changes in water turbidity are affecting how fish negotiate their environment. In their SI review, Cait Newport & @burt15theresa.bsky.social discuss how sensory limitations & visual noise may impact the navigation of fish @biology.ox.ac.uk journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Screenshot of the first page of the PDF of the Review, The visual challenges of short-range navigation in teleost fish, in the Sensory Perception in a Changing World Special Issue. The Review is by Cait Newport and Theresa Burt de Perera. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb250888. doi:10.1242/jeb.250888. The first sentence of the Abstract states: 'To understand how fish use vision to navigate, we must first understand what they see'.
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
A new special issue in JEB tackles the important problem of animal sensory perception in a changing world. Includes a paper by Cait Newport and me, on the visual challenges that fish face when navigating journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
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Volume 229 Issue Suppl_1 | Journal of Experimental Biology | The Company of Biologists
Journal of Experimental Biology (JEB) is the leading primary research journal in comparative physiology and biomechanics.
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Magical on the hills
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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 22/08/2025
We're delighted that Dr Cait Newport and Dr Salma Akter have been awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowships Cait will explore how fishes navigate in turbid water, while Salma will explore how plants respond to environmental stresses like drought and flooding 👇 bit.ly/4mQ6nDL
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Cait Newport and Salma Akter awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowships
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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
We're looking for a new postdoc on our new BBSCR grant (Graham Taylor/Tim Guilford/Cait Newport). See link below! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Dip a day in October for Surfers Against Sewage campaign www.sas.org.uk
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
An excellent hoard from weekend foraging.
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Very low water this year, but the salmon have started their run upstream
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New paper alert! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Behavioral strategies and neural mechanisms underlying short-range navigation in teleost fish
Studies of spatial cognition in teleosts have uncovered a remarkable array of behavioral strategies and neural mechanisms. While there is compelling e…
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Fantastic new job, advert now live - Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour, Dept Biology, Oxford. Closing date 8th Oct. Come and join us! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Job Details
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Doctoral Training Partnership in Environmental Research @oxfordenvres.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
envres.web.ox.ac.uk/future-envir.... Tomorrow's Grand Challenge Seminar closes the Summer 2025 Series with the big question of where next for Environmental Research and what other challenges should be be focussing on? Join us at Jesus College Ship St Centre @ 5pm, 19th June. Register free at link.
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The Future of Environmental Research - who has the power?
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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
🚨 BREAKING: UK offshore marine protected areas endured 20,000+ hours of suspected bottom-trawl fishing last year. Learn more about this brutal ocean practice and why banning it is so important for ocean health with a new report from @oceanauk.bsky.social 👉 oceana.ly/43zWeV0
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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🐟 Abundant oceans are critical to keeping our planet healthy and regulating the climate. That's why Oceana campaigns to win policy victories that restore abundance and biodiversity in the world’s oceans. Join us in making a difference today: oceana.ly/3ZexVta
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
for-the-ocean.org
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Together for the Ocean
We are uniting to hold governments accountable to their commitment to protect and conserve at least 30% of the ocean by 2030.
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#wildflowerhour and the sun has brought out violet, stitchwort, forget-me-not, dandelion, wood anemone, snakeshead fritillary and cuckoo flower
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
A lovely hatch above the Usk. Clouds of insects!
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Dipper - song bird of water and air
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Golden catkins
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Goldcrests displaying - here’s hoping for some tiny chicks soon! 🦉
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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
New paper on the demographic drivers of cultural evolution in Great Tit song published today - epic work led by @nilomr.bsky.social with help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social Ella Cole & Sara Keen. Why did we do this, and what did we find? 🧵 follows: 1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The demographic drivers of cultural evolution in bird song
Social learning can give rise to shared behavioral patterns that persist as culture within animal communities,1,2 such as bird and whale songs and cet…
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
A little cheerful celandine for #wildflowerhour
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Scarlet elf cups 😃 🍄 📷
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Bitterns booming, barn owl, water rail and a hare at Otmoor today (RSPB)
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Winter aconite, snowdrops and little hazel catkin flowers for #wildflowerhour
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Anindita Bhadra @abhadra7.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We are looking for #publishers #NGOs #animalwelfare organizations #corporate houses to partner with us for @behaviour2025.bsky.social. Who will be our #mightyelephant or #royalbengaltiger? Check out the sponsorship options: behaviourindia2025.in/sponsorship-...
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International Ethological Congress on Behaviour 2025
International Ethological Congress on Behaviour 2025, Kolkata, India
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Uppsala University invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships through the Birgitta Sintring Foundation, with a deadline of February 9, 2025. Details: www.uu.se/en/department/ecology-and… #postdoc
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The Birgitta Sintring Foundation - Uppsala University
The Birgitta Sintring Foundation - Uppsala University
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Only 4 days left if you want to apply for a BSBI grant! We have Training Grants (<£250) so you can take a short #WildFlowerID course; Plant Study Grants (<£1K) for undergrads; Science & Research Grants (<£1K) aimed at PhD students or amateur researchers. bsbi.org/grants Don't miss out, apply ASAP!
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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Two leading scientists with great expertise and style - and sure to be a brilliant synergistic team - are starting a new cutting-edge science podcast: definitely worth following
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Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
New #sharkscience from @juliachaumel.bsky.social and @georgelauder.bsky.social showing that the tail of pelagic rays contain an extension of the lateral line system making it a giant hydrodynamic antenna. Fascinating stuff with implications for ecology. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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A hydrodynamic antenna: novel lateral line system in the tail of myliobatid stingrays | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Eagle rays, cownose rays and manta rays (order Myliobatiformes) have a slender tail that can be longer than the animal’s body length, but its function and structure are unknown. Using histology, immunohistochemistry and three-dimensional imaging with ...
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Above the clouds. Black mountains at sunset.
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
⏰📢 One week to go to apply for these #lectureship 🌟JOBS🌟 with us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Themes: ‘Evolution of life’, ‘Anthropogenic change’, ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ & ‘Sustainable food production’. That very much includes #AnimalBehaviour bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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ilesla.bsky.social @ilesla.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Two weeks to go until the application deadline for ILESLA. If you or anyone you know would benefit from full funding to carry out a PhD in Life and/or Environmental Science please visit/refer to our website page iles.web.ox.ac.uk/how-apply where you can see open day videos and get full guidance.
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How to Apply and Funding
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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
@asab.org has grants to attend #behaviour2025, boosted for applicants (ALL SENIORITIES!) from developed countries up to £2000. Plus the usual £2500 for those from developing countries, and £800 if you're based in India. But get your abstracts in soon - deadline 31st January!
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ASAB 2025 @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The deadline to apply for the ASAB conference grant is fast approaching! Make sure to apply for your grant of up to £500 ▶️ 🔗 www.asab.org/conference-g...
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Each morning the woodcock heads to bed in the field opposite as the sun starts to rise.
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
There is something magical about the light in winter. Cloud inversions in the Black Mountains
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Dragon’s breath on the hills
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Solstice sun - the light returns
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Dusting of snow in the Bannau
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Phil Barnett @squinancywort1.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Would you like to collaborate? To The Spiral Of Honesty project. web site spiralofhonesty.org with the contributions and a description of the project. There will be an offline exhibition as well. So far there've been 20 contributions - art, poems, photos, more are very welcome!
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The Spiral of Honesty
A Collaborative Project Between nature and People
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Sheila Pankhurst @profpankhurst.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Closing date for applications is today. Living on a small remote island has its attractions. And Manx shearwaters are extraordinary and very special birds. www.mwt.im/jobs/calf-ma...
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Calf of Man Bird Warden | Manx Wildlife Trust
The principal responsibility of the Bird Warden is to maintain all requirements of the Bird Observatory work, achieving daily census coverage and recording of bird populations, maintaining a programme...
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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
Major job opportunity: Always had a soft spot for this back entrance to Cambridge Zoology Department. A wonderful opportunity there now with the Prince Philip Professorship in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology - applications by Jan 2025: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48966/
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Appropriate for Samhain, I think: this is star jelly; the regurgitated ovaries of frogs that have been swallowed by herons. #birds #amphibia
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
A reminder that our Research Grant deadline is THIS THURSDAY! Get your applications in soon 📧
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
Wales is a country of myth and legend; stories weaved from the landscape. Llyn y Fan Fach sits in the shadow of the Black Mountain and is connected to the story of the Lady of the Lake.
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Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Early morning geese #birds
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